Injured Luis Suarez out of Liverpool's match against Valerenga

The Uruguayan striker – who wants to quit the Anfield club - has a foot problem which will now require a scan. Suarez started, but did not complete, the session at Melwood yesterday and Liverpool later flew to Oslo without him.

Liverpool have maintained a hard-line stance on Suarez by rejecting bids of £35m and £40,000,001 from Arsenal, and are braced for tensions to surface and relations to deteriorate as the forward looks to quit the club.

Suarez went through the motions during a cameo in Steven Gerrard’s testimonial game at the weekend and also cut a distracted, disinterested figure in an open training session in front of 5,000 at Anfield on Monday.